Genus: Asclepias L.

Family:

Apocynaceae

Subfamily:

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe:

Asclepiadeae

Subtribe:

Asclepiadinae

Alternate family(ies):

Asclepiadaceae

Common names:

milkweed

Genus number:

1031

Last updated:

13-Mar-2003

Accession Count:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank

List of Species Records in GRIN

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~):

(=) Acerates Elliott
(=) Anantherix Nutt.
(=) Asclepiodella Small
(=) Asclepiodora A. Gray
(=) Biventraria Small
(=) Oxypteryx Greene
(=) Podostemma Greene
(=~) Podostigma Elliott
(=) Schizonotus A. Gray
(=) Solanoa Greene
(~) Trachycalymma (K. Schum.) Bullock

Check Index Nominum Genericorum for Asclepias

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxonomygenus?id=1031. Accessed 20 July 2025.